Pre-Columbian Jadeite Jade and Spondylus Bead Assortment

Including: 3.125-inch, 2.875-inch and 2.75-inch jadeite jade tube beads; 2.75-inch pale green onyx undrilled lunate pendant; bracelet made up of (6) mixed jadeite jade and green stone beads with a pendant; over (40) mixed jadeite jade / stone beads; a 3.50-inch spondylus shell pendant; a 3.25-inch spondylus curved tube bead; (7) spondylus tube bead fragments; (3) spondylus shell beads; necklace comprised of a clay figurine pendant with (14) mixed beads; a burnished clay conch shell effigy pendant; a clay lizard shaped pendant; bi-conically drilled slate gorget, probably North American; Mayan style knapped flint eccentric, mounted as a pendant; together with chert lance and arrow heads; (4) carved stone faces from Mezcala and elsewhere; a stone figurine; green stone figurine fragment; a ceramic straight pipe having an applied zoomorphic effigy

Property from: a Dixon, Illinois estate

Length: 5 3/4 inches, Width: 2 1/4 inches (white chert lance head)

Condition: Very Good to Good, no chips or cracks noted to large jade tube beads, lunate pendant, gorget, lance head and eccentric; some smaller beads having chips or may be fragments of larger beads; overall light to moderate wear

Disclaimers: jadeite items tested on heat conductivity scalewhile these items are believe to be period pieces, we cannot guarantee the actual age

Category: Decorative Arts > Ethnographic

Estimated Sale Time: 11:04 am CST

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Sales Tax: Illinois (8.000%), Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%)

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Very Good to Good, no chips or cracks noted to large jade tube beads, lunate pendant, gorget, lance head and eccentric; some smaller beads having chips or may be fragments of larger beads; overall light to moderate wear

2.25 x 5.75 in